Blue Ocean Entrepreneurship Competition

The Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneurship Competition, the most prestigious pitch competition in the world for high school students striving to create their blue oceans, has just announced their 2019-2020 winners. For this fifth edition, the virtual entrepreneurship competition saw over 750 students, comprising 275 teams and over 120 high schools, submitting their pitches. Beyond the 25 US States participating – ranging from New York to California, Florida to Arizona, Maine to Indiana – 12 other countries, including Denmark, Kenya, Russia and Korea, joined the competition this year. Four judging rounds were needed to select the winners given the high number of submissions. A total of 50 judges from across the US participated, ranging from entrepreneurs to CEOs, senior executives and college professors. Judges also included some college students focused on entrepreneurship courses.